What will be as much fun as this new theme, will be predicting some of the ideas that are developed as entries.

I've already written down five that I'd be willing to bet are made (and which contributors are probably already feverishly racing to complete).

For some of them, I can see multiple players developing the idea; and whoever doesn't enter it first might have to start again from scratch. Hopefully anyone who ends up in this predicament will be able to avoid smashing their keyboard when banging the fist on the table in exasperation.

I'm sure mine is one of those predictable quizzes, but I noticed that there are no quizzes within the Sporcle Universe that already uses my concept. I was surprised since it is a very general quiz. I know I probably won't win because of my lack of originality however it is worth a try because Sporcle can use a quiz like this!

With utmost appreciation and gratitude to both Hejman & citkeane, I excitedly released my first-ever Sporcle "picture quiz".

I could not have pulled that off today without their generous assistance (made all the more "significant" owing to their OWN participation in these quiz-making contests), so to them I say "thanks for offering me your two-sense".

I didn't remember it (though I had actually played it) and unfortunately it didn't come up during my search. Other than the fact that included the state quarters series, it's the same quiz. Yikes! I'll try to come up with something else for this competition.

Hejman is a noble and wonderful man. I had made a bunch of money quizzes because I'm a gigantic huge coin collecting NERD. I collect Canadian and US coins and I go to flea markets all the time and I even have "a dealer" and my parents think it is an addiction, but I'm sure I could stop at any time.

The similarity between napb's and googlebird's games is pretty unfortunate. There is probably a chance they'll cancel each other out when it comes time to vote, which is a shame since there are both good games and it was obviously just a coincidence that they both had the same idea.

I'm thinking citkeane is right. I played both quizzes and liked them both a lot. One of them is currently my favorite of this competition and the other was very good but I didn't think it was quite as good. I'm guessing lots of people hold opposite opinions to that, and that is probably why, like citkeane said, they'll cancel each other out. They were really great quizzes, though, and good luck to everybody!

To googlebird: It just so happens that I'd just sent you an e-mail about all of this, because I fully empathized with you for what happened... I'm sure both of us had a moment of frustration about the situation, and have each chosen to be gracious about it and move forward "positively".

The aforementioned e-mail was written in that mode :)

To All: Personally, I'm not worried about this. I loved googlebird's quiz. So if other players out there happen to like both of ours, that's terrific. If we knock each other out of this particular contest, I'm sure the winning entry will be just as worthy as either of ours might have been. So I don't remotely think googlebird's should be "eliminated from voting".

I'm a fan of googlebird, and the recent thread about "Collaboration" is in indicator that working together harmoniously is the focus, and that is a focus I share.

Perhaps for the next contest, someone can come up with some sort of posted "Contest Quizzes Already-In-Progress" list, so that as we contemplate the construction of a quiz, we'll know if someone has already taken on that idea. I do believe that someone had a "premonition" that this sort of thing could occur ;)

I want to officially withdraw my entry "Spot a Counterfeit" from the voting line up. I will contribute a replacement when I get an idea. needapausebutton contributed his quiz first and I should have thought about how similar quizzes would cancel each other out. Congrats to needapausebutton on his first image quiz. That's not an easy task. On top of that he had the nerve to apologize to me!? No sir, I wasn't thinking and I am sorry. But, like I told needapausebutton, I think the true spirit of the contest is to inspire quiz makers to get their creative juice flowing. It's not about the contest. It's about making more quality quizzes on Sporcle. So I think it all works out in the end.

I agree with googlebird about the spirit of these quiz-making endeavors.

I'm the one who posed the question after the first contest "Why not make this a 'Challenge', rather than a 'Contest'" -- because I shared googlebird's outlook on inspiring quiz makers, and having that be the focus.

Never for a moment did I presumptuosly feel that either of our quizzes "would win" this round of competition, and I actively encouraged that googlebird's quiz be left in the competition.

I'll repeat my suggestion that if these remain as "contests", that there be a way to list games that are being worked on. I truly felt bad that so much time was spent working on an excellent quiz, and my "apology" to googlebird was more of an "acknowledgement" of the frustration that the scenario of dual-themed quizzes led to.

To clarify -- I'm fully on board, just the way it is, and I'll try to rephrase things so that I do not appear self-contradictory in the process...

Firstly: Sorry, I didn't mean to appear to be like I was "re-lobbying" there to get rid of the "contest" format. I'd already accepted that it was going to remain a contest after I'd made the original suggestion! (Hence, my continued participation in contests #2 and #3; and my enthusiasm for the recent victors & contributors whose quizzes I've been wowed by).

I was just trying to emphasize creative quizzery and de-emphasize the "win/lose" aspects, so I used that as an example of how such a format would ONLY focus on creating great games while inviting participation from all.

And I DO agree with you that people are loving it -- as it is -- and it has been successful.

I would argue that if you, or someone else, had originally presented a Quiz-making "Challenge" that it WOULD have resulted in an array of incredible quizzes as well. But we'll never know, and besides, it is a moot thing to mull about.

So, I'm at peace with these continuing on in contest-format, and I thank you for the huge amount of enthusiasm, time and energy you've brought to us by originating and coordinating them.